The frightened child who sheltered in my manse died on the Dothraki Sea, and was reborn in blood and fire. This dragon queen who wears her name is a true
Spring is renewal, a chance to regrow and become what you need to be
This is a nod to the ancient Greek goddess Persephone returning to the surface world. I have wanted to work on a series that shows the four seasons and with that I decided to combine in another effort of drawing some Ancient Greek goddesses
Everything here is my personal associations with Spring. Spring brings in the new rains that turn everything green. Water is the most life giving substance on earth and so I have always seen it so closely tied in my own mind with this season. Storks represent fertility and joy, and as the land starts anew in Spring that felt fitting. Of course the symbol of Persephone herself is the pomegranate and while the pomegranate may be more of a fruit we associate with the winter it also represents fertility too—as well as life and death. At the end of the day, Spring cannot exist with its abundance of new life without the symbolic and very real death that Winter brings, so it feels like a fitting symbol to add
I tried out some new brushes for this one as well as different shading in parts! I’m sure only I notice, but it was fun to experiment
![thunderstruck9:Gerhard Richter (German, b. 1932), 3.12.1999 (Firenze) [3.12.1999 (Florence)], 1999](https://64.media.tumblr.com/515789b2d32f62876ef2c368c11c536b/tumblr_o0zz0t8F2z1u6x3h6o1_1280.jpg "thunderstruck9:Gerhard Richter (German, b. 1932), 3.12.1999 (Firenze) [3.12.1999 (Florence)], 1999")
